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Jun 29, 2022

Another great example of top Silicon Valley talent moving to LA!
 
Kyle Lui was a partner at multi-billion dollar DCM until he left to join Ben Ling at Bling Capital.  He shares thoughts on how a small fund can still build best in class playbooks and processes to support founders.

 


Jun 22, 2022

Paige Craig shares his amazing story of sneaking into Iraq dressed as a CNN reporter, how he built a private military from scratch inside Baghdad and then how he parlayed that exit into an incredible investing career that includes Wish, Scale, Gusto, AngelList and many others.


Jun 15, 2022

Corporate venture capital is becoming a first choice option for founders seeking the value-add that corporates can bring in an industry.
 
This is the thesis of Laurent Grill as he seeks to build the #1 choice PropTech fund at JLL Spark.

 


Jun 8, 2022

Cannabis is still a schedule 1 narcotic (cocaine is a less serious schedule 2).  
 
Cannabis plants have RFIDs on them and are tracked from seed to sale.
 
Casa Verde's Karan Wadhera tells us why he sees this and other regulations as an opportunity and why he and Snoop set up Casa Verde to invest from $1M to $15M in...


Jun 1, 2022

Do you feel good about the purchases you make and the trash you generate as a consumer?
 
Dan Fishman believes in empowering consumers and he shares perspective for startups and brands that are being built to serve our new regenerative future.